Chapter 2700: Drinking Tea at the Alliance Headquarters

However, the Combat Academy was right across from the Magic Academy, which was just a few steps away, so Xia Duo still went over.

Just as he stepped into the academy gate, he heard a low and powerful sound of shouting and killing coming from ahead; looking closely, it turned out to be students on the training ground undergoing training.

Although it was certain that those training here were all students, judging from the fighting will and combat techniques displayed by these students, it would not be an exaggeration to call them elite soldiers.

If the Magic Academy of Evereska was a large workshop, then the Combat Academy was a large barracks.

Seven or eight sword technique training grounds were arranged neatly under the shade of green trees, and on the periphery of the sword technique training grounds were Meditation Rooms and Spell Practice Rooms.

This was not available in the previous Magic Academy; practice at the Magic Academy meant working in the workshop, and constant work meant constant practice.

Compared to the Magic Academy, this place was more like a magic academy.

Of course, what was taught here at the Combat Academy were only a few standardized combat spells, and did not involve profound knowledge such as spell Principles.

True Magic could probably only be learned at the Sword Academy above, but that was not a place where ordinary-born Elves could go.

Seeing this, Xia Duo could not help but feel a trace of sympathy for the next generation of Evereska; what happened next would depend on how the upper echelons of Evereska carried out reforms.

Whether the people of the Territory lived well or poorly almost entirely depended on the personal mood of the Lord.

But thinking about it, it should just be for entertaining guests; if it could really be drunk casually, then there would be no point in him going to such lengths to cultivate tea trees!

The implication was that there were no constraints within a High Tower; that was not entirely true, as there were still constraints between High Towers, but it was very difficult to have constraints on the current Controller within a single High Tower.

Given his current status and position, the various Elf nations should not be restricting his export of Bonu Original Leaf; the fact that they were restricting it now showed that the yield was truly very limited.

The two first passed through the ceremonial hall, then visited two other Archives in succession, as well as the office scenes of the Research Lab members, and finally arrived at a small courtyard located relatively far back in the entire building complex.

Come to think of it, although the effect of Bonu Original Leaf was better, Netherese Mages actually preferred brewing tea powder made from scraps; on one hand, of course, they could not afford the Original Leaf, but on the other hand, it was convenient.

"This is a precious tea provided by Keman for the Northland Alliance, usually locked in the Ku Fang; even using one leaf requires reporting and applying in advance. Now that they have provided ten leaves at once, it shows the importance attached to Lord Xia Shao."

"Actually, a position in an agency under the Seven Cities Council after the signing of the New Covenant is also good. The Council is constrained by all parties, and even a High Tower cannot dominate it; it is easier to establish an order that benefits the interests of all parties."

Xia Duo would not comment on other drinks, but for tea, he still felt that the infusion method was more reasonable.

Seeing the tea used for hospitality at the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab, Xia Duo could not help but sigh that these guys were really extravagant; Bonu Original Leaf could actually be drunk casually.

Although drinking tea was just a pretext, if there were no tea, that would certainly not do. Ruier, while carefully fetching water and tea leaves to brew tea, chatted with Xia Duo about some of the daily work experiences of the Northland Alliance.

What was truly terrible was actually the unrestricted power of the Lord.

"But after coming here, I discovered that the seemingly strict and rigid procedures here are actually more like a protection of freedom, because as long as we do not violate the procedures, the rest is all freedom."

Within the Territory, the Lord could do almost anything he wanted; even after the signing of the New Covenant, a Lord could not kill a subject without cause, but one had to note it was "cannot kill without cause"—as long as one found an excuse, it would do.

Xia Duo had actually known about this situation for a long time; Sikumu was so rotten, yet the interior of Gilles High Tower had not been able to overthrow him, instead letting Sikumu constantly sing a different tune from the overall interests of Netherese Dumu on many issues.

"So, unless it is like betraying the Netherese Dumu, whatever I do here is as I please, without the slightest restriction or the slightest unhappiness."

This time coming to "drink tea" was much more leisurely compared to before, and Ruier also intended to dilute the slightly discordant atmosphere of what was named drinking tea but was actually an Inquiry.

The Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab was the third time Xia Duo had come, but the previous two times he had gone straight to the Archives and had not had a good look around here.

The tea set and everything else had been prepared, and half a can of Bonu Original Leaf, originally from the Eastern World, lay quietly in a hollowed-out Mithril small jar.

If education could be opened up to a certain extent, this would undoubtedly be a significant loosening for the bottom layer; but if it only used a more mature written law like the Daxia Code to shackle social mobility, then for the bottom layer, the future might be even more desperate!

This problem would probably be impossible to solve for a long time, but the High Towers were actually not the most terrible on this issue; after all, the High Towers were composed of Lords, and Lords could also freely enter and exit the High Towers to become independent Lords.

That was the pressure of anxiety about an uncertain future.

Ruier did not come from Gilles High Tower, but other High Towers were about the same; even a wise Controller could not be wise forever, and unrestricted power would naturally bring pressure to the people below.

This way of drinking actually came from the Elves; most of the various drinks of the Elves were not infusions like Original Leaf tea, but liquids where various components were mixed evenly, such as sap, alcohol, or tea powder.

Ruier's thoughts represented to a large extent the High Towers' view on order, and at the same time, it could serve as a reference for the future expansion of Daxia order in Netherese Dumu.

"Because of being supervised by all parties and because no one obeys anyone, the various orders within the Northland Alliance are relatively perfect; from the passing of a resolution to the entry of tea leaves, there are fixed and strict procedures."

To Xia Duo, this was somewhat difficult to accept; although he himself was also a Lord, that did not affect his dislike for the Lord-subject ruling mode.

Regarding this question, Ruier did not answer directly, but mentioned the New Seville Covenant signed not long ago, and the new Council based on the New Covenant—

"Then in that case, are you still comfortable working in the Northland Alliance?" Xia Duo asked curiously; he really wanted to know what Ruier thought about this question.

"Lord Xia Duo, this way please—"

Perhaps only when the scale of the Tower of Time's tea garden grew larger could Bonu Original Leaf truly be popularized!

Leaving from the south of the city, Xia Duo successfully arrived at the Northland Alliance Headquarters north of Dawn Plaza; Ruier, having received the news, was already waiting outside the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab.

Regarding this, Ruier first showed an honest expression before telling Xia Duo, "At the very beginning, knowing that the Northland Alliance had many restrictions, I was not willing to be stationed here."

"Isn't the interior of the High Towers like that?" Xia Duo continued to ask.

"And these procedures within the Northland Alliance are to a large extent formulated by various countries based on actual situations, which can accommodate the interests of all countries to the greatest extent; in other words, following the procedures is equivalent to maintaining the interests of Netherese Dumu."